Game #1517
Saturday, 15 February 1930
Attendance: 69,884
Won
FA Cup 5th Round
Blackburn Rovers
WLLWW
Villa Park
George Brown hits a hat-trick to fire Villa into the quarter finals of the FA Cup.
Aston Villa
4-1
Blackburn Rovers
Assist(s) | Not recorded
KEY MAN
George Brown hit a hat-trick as Villa crush division one rivals Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round, Saturday, 15 February 1930.
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Villa crush division one rivals Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round.
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1927–28
FIXTURE HISTORY
Blackburn Rovers
Previous 5 vs. Blackburn: | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 | 🟩 |
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1929-30 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Saturday, 15 February 1930
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager | Billy Smith led Management Committee |
FT Score | 4-1 |
FT Result | Won |
Last 5 Games | WLLWW |
MATCH OFFICIALS
CARDS
Villa
Blackburn Rovers
TEAM NEWS
Tommy Mort replaces Teddy Bowen.
TEAM STATS
Not recorded
MANAGER
MANAGER
Billy Smith led Management Committee
Aston Villa
GK Ben Olney |
CB Alec Talbot |
LB Tommy Mort |
FB Tommy Smart |
M Jimmy Gibson |
M Joe Tate |
W Eric Houghton |
W Dicky York |
F Joe Beresford |
F Billy Walker |
F George Brown |
Blackburn Rovers
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
SUBSTITUTES
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions permitted in period
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
SQUAD STATS
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SQUAD STATS
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
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